Kate Lawler jokes that she’s going grey as she reveals Noa has smiled at her for the first time

She’s not had the easiest of times since welcoming her daughter, recently admitting she was ‘at breaking point’ and in ‘the darkest place’.

And Kate Lawler joked that she was going grey just five weeks after the birth of little girl Noa as she showed off her hair on Instagram Stories on Monday.

The Big Brother star, 40, also happily revealed that Noa had smiled at her for the first time as she chatted to fans while on the way to a cranial osteopath appointment.

Update: New mum Kate Lawler joked that she was going grey just five weeks after the birth of little girl Noa as she showed off her hair on Instagram Stories on Monday

Speaking to the camera as she sat in the back of a car with her daughter while her fiancé Martin drove, Kate said: ‘Just noticed a couple of grey hairs… brilliant!’

Quickly moving on from the change in her hair colour, Kate explained that the family were heading to a cranial osteopath to ‘hopefully get Noa’s digestive system sorted out’.

Cranial osteopaths can use gentle head holds and movements to manipulate a baby’s body and help relieve tension.  

However the new mum’s most exciting update was about a first from her daughter, with Kate gushing that Noa had smiled at her for the first time.

Adorable: The Big Brother star, 40, also revealed that her baby daughter had smiled at her for the first time this week

Adorable: The Big Brother star, 40, also revealed that her baby daughter had smiled at her for the first time this week

She said: ‘And the most important news of the day. Yesterday I thought Noa smiled at me. It looked like a proper smile, it wasn’t one of those when they close their eyes and they blow off, she proper smiled.

‘This morning she smiled at me again, and then she smiled at Boj [her partner and Noa’s dad Martin]. Little legend,’ Kate proudly continued.

Little Noa has been taken into hospital three times in three weeks since she was welcomed into the world, and Kate has documented their journey candidly. 

On Sunday, Kate admitted she feels guilty about wanting to stop breastfeeding her five-week-old daughter.

Appointment: Kate said she was taking Noa, who was taken into hospital three times in three weeks since she was welcomed into the world, to a cranial osteopath on Monday

Appointment: Kate said she was taking Noa, who was taken into hospital three times in three weeks since she was welcomed into the world, to a cranial osteopath on Monday

Trendy baby! The doting mum also shared cute clips of Noa poking her tongue out while in a fun fox-print babygrow

Trendy baby! The doting mum also shared cute clips of Noa poking her tongue out while in a fun fox-print babygrow 

The star told her followers she finds breastfeeding ‘so demanding’ and is often exhausted after.

The radio presenter, who shares Noa with fiancé Martin, said she is considering switching to formula soon, likening breastfeeding to ‘a workout’.

She penned: ‘I’ve done just over five weeks but considering switching to formula as it’s so demanding and my let-down is so fast I’m basically water boarding Noa every time she latches the poor little potato.’ 

Kate explained it was the ‘pressure from healthcare professionals and others’ that was making her feel guilty.

She said: ‘Expressing for a few minutes beforehand has helped though. I know a happy baby is a fed baby but the pressure from healthcare professionals and others, along with my stubbornness makes me feel guilty about stopping. 

Honest: It comes after Kate told her followers she finds breastfeeding 'so demanding' and is often exhausted after on Sunday

Honest: It comes after Kate told her followers she finds breastfeeding ‘so demanding’ and is often exhausted after on Sunday

‘It’s just so time consuming and does anyone else feel exhausted after feeding? It’s like a bloody workout. No wonder you burn up to 500 calories per feed! Hats off to anyone who does this for longer. Also so many of you have said ‘get Boj (Martin’s nickname) to help’.

‘Since day one he’s fed Noa a bottle of expressed milk each day and is currently staying up with her until 3am so I can sleep and then take over. I don’t know what I’d do without him.’ 

While last week first-time mum thanked her fans for their ‘love and support’ after she shared an emotional post where she admitted she was at ‘breaking point’.  

Post: The radio presenter said she is considering switching to formula, likening breastfeeding to 'a workout'

Post: The radio presenter said she is considering switching to formula, likening breastfeeding to ‘a workout’

Cute! Kate recently shared adorable pictures of five-week-old daughter Noa after admitting she was in 'the darkest place ever' weeks after giving birth

Cute! Kate recently shared adorable pictures of five-week-old daughter Noa after admitting she was in ‘the darkest place ever’ weeks after giving birth

She said she’d been ‘blown away’ by the response to her candid post after she confessed she feels like she’s ‘failing’ while hitting back at trolls who questioned why she’d shared a picture of her two dogs on Mother’s Day.

Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, Kate revealed other parents had messaged her  saying they also felt they ‘couldn’t admit’ how they were feeling.

Writing a lengthy caption, Kate said: ‘Initially I felt scared about posting it because of a fear I’d be labelled insensitive or ungrateful but THANK YOU, it was the right thing to do. 

‘So many people have reached out, sent messages of love, support, advice & understanding. Just because you’ve chosen and been fortunate enough to conceive, carry and birth a little human, it doesn’t mean that it’s all sunshine & rainbows. 

‘For some it’s dark, stormy & no parent should have to pretend it’s going well when it isn’t. It’s okay to feel s**t.’

'It's ok to feel s**t': Last week, the new mum thanked her fans for their 'love and support' after she shared an emotional post to Instagram admitting she was at 'breaking point'

‘It’s ok to feel s**t’: Last week, the new mum thanked her fans for their ‘love and support’ after she shared an emotional post to Instagram admitting she was at ‘breaking point’